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There are 11 total results for your 法明 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

法明

see styles
fǎ míng
    fa3 ming2
fa ming
 noriaki
    のりあき
(given name) Noriaki
Dharmaprabhāsa, brightness of the law, a Buddha who will appear in our universe in the Ratnāvabhāsa-kalpa in a realm called Suviśuddha 善淨, when there will be no sexual difference, birth taking place by transformation.

法明入

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fǎ míng rù
    fa3 ming2 ru4
fa ming ju
 hō myōnyū
a method of luminous entry

法明寺

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 houmyouji / homyoji
    ほうみょうじ
(place-name) Houmyouji

法明道

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fǎ míng dào
    fa3 ming2 dao4
fa ming tao
 hōmyō dō
The wisdom of the pure heart which illumines the Way of all Buddhas.

法明門


法明门

see styles
fǎ míng mén
    fa3 ming2 men2
fa ming men
 hōmyō mon
The teaching which sheds light on everything, differentiating and explaining them.

十法明入

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shí fǎ míng rù
    shi2 fa3 ming2 ru4
shih fa ming ju
 jippō myōnyū
ten dharmas of luminous entry

千法明門


千法明门

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qiān fǎ míng mén
    qian1 fa3 ming2 men2
ch`ien fa ming men
    chien fa ming men
 senhō myōmon
The gate of understanding of the thousand laws―the second stage of a bodhisattva's study and attainment.

百法明門


百法明门

see styles
bǎi fǎ míng mén
    bai3 fa3 ming2 men2
pai fa ming men
 hyakuhō myōmon
The door to the knowledge of universal phenomena, one of the first stages of Bodhisattva progress.

正法明如來


正法明如来

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zhèng fǎ míng rú lái
    zheng4 fa3 ming2 ru2 lai2
cheng fa ming ju lai
 shōhōmyō nyorai
The Tathāgata who clearly understands the true law, i. e. Guanyin, who attained Buddhahood in the past.

百法明門論


百法明门论

see styles
bǎi fǎ míng mén lùn
    bai3 fa3 ming2 men2 lun4
pai fa ming men lun
 Hyappō myōmon ron
Baifa mingmen lun

大乘百法明門論


大乘百法明门论

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dà shèng bǎi fǎ míng mén lùn
    da4 sheng4 bai3 fa3 ming2 men2 lun4
ta sheng pai fa ming men lun
 Daijō hyappō myōmon ron
Lucid Introduction to the One Hundred Dharmas

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 11 results for "法明" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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